Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local Live

Ambitious proposals to transform Beeston town centre have been unveiled.

Work will start on planning the development which will include a cinema, cafes, bars and about 100 new homes.

Broxtowe Borough Council is looking for a developer and is in "continuing negotiations with a cinema operator".

Image source, Google

The scheme was agreed at the council's policy and performance committee meeting last night.

Police say it is thought Young Noel Munyanyi was four times the legal alcohol limit when he crashed.

Samantha Fisher
BBC News Online

Derby City Council is putting up additional crowd barriers around the market place's Christmas tree as winds of 50 miles per hour are predicted this evening.

The barriers will form a wider exclusion zone around the tree and will be removed once the weather improves.

Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local Live

This isn't something you see everyday...

Apprentice star Elizabeth McKenna was in a flap chasing a goose off Nottingham's Trent Bridge this morning.

The florist who, has shops in West Bridgford and Southwell, stopped traffic and chased the feathery obstruction towards The Southbank Bar so it could safely get back into the water.

Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local Live

A PCSO who successfully resuscitated a man who stopped breathing has said "it felt rewarding" to save his life.

Three officers were called to Beastmarket Hill on Monday evening where they found the 37-year-old with no pulse.

PCSO Jordon Villums gave the man CPR and got him breathing before paramedics arrived.

Image source, Gareth Milner

He said: "It was a relief more than anything...It is very rewarding and I am very proud of myself for doing it but I can't take all the credit, there was a lot of people involved.

"I have heard he has made a full recovery which is great."

Samantha Fisher
BBC News Online

The director of two companies who claimed he had a brain cyst to get out of paying bills has been jailed for fraud.

Alan Weston, 33, of Impey Close, Thorpe Astley admitted two counts of fraudulent trading at Leicester Crown Court on Tuesday and was jailed for three years and four months.

He was also disqualified from being a company director for eight years.

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Weston had been the director of two companies – Promoprods Ltd and 8th Wonder Merchandise Ltd – and from 2011 to 2015 he defrauded companies and customers out of more than £80,000.

He would order goods but then fail to pay for them and also use free gifts to entice customers to make purchases which were never received.

The court also heard that Weston would reply to complaints with excuses ranging from being in hospital, undergoing surgery, having a brain cyst, family members dying and blaming various courier services.

A separate hearing is due to take place early in 2018 to set out confiscating the proceeds from Weston’s fraudulent activities.

Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local Live

A week of festivals is being held to commemorate the Pilgrims’ story.

Local councils have organised the Pilgrims’ Illuminate Festival, external which runs until Sunday in North Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire.

Yesterday evening the Illuminate Parade was held in Retford.

Image source, Bassetlaw District Council

BBC Radio Nottingham has also been campaigning to honour the likes of William Brewster, from Scrooby, who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620.

Image source, Bassetlaw District Council

On Sunday, the pilgrims fun run will be held in Retford, which will coincide with the town's Christmas market and lights switch-on.

Image source, Bassetlaw District Council

Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local Live

A car was abandoned after it was crashed into a fence in St Ann's.

Nottinghamshire Police said three people in the Skoda Fabia left the car after it crashed in St Ann's Way.

Officers said the three people then got into a Toyota Hilux which drove off down Shelton Street on Monday at about 19:35.

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The driver of the Skoda may have suffered a head injury, police say.

Derby County manager Gary Rowett says he is keen to give the club's youth-team players a first-team opportunity.

Samantha Fisher
BBC News Online

Derbys Roads Police has tweeted this cautionary tale...

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Samantha Fisher
BBC News Online

Here's a bit of light relief for your Wednesday afternoon, meet Bella the Springador.

When her owner Craig Biggs set up an Instagram account for Bella, he never expected she would be so pup-ular.

The paw-some pet has more than 2,000 followers from around the world.

The woof-ly pooch popped into Radio Leicester earlier.

Samantha Fisher
BBC News Online

Watch out for delays in Syston today...

Samantha Fisher
BBC News Online

There has been almost an 80% decrease in the number of pot holes on Derbyshire roads, the county council said.

County Hall sank an extra £6m into its roads budget resulting in it ranking first in the snappily titled 2017 National Highways and Transport Network residents’ satisfaction survey.

Latest council figures show that at the end of October 2017 there were 539 highways defects – including potholes, sunken ironworks, damaged kerbs and gullies - awaiting repair.

This was a 78.6% reduction from the 2,515 faults awaiting repair at the same time in 2016.

Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local Live

Christmas trees grown by people with disabilities in Nottinghamshire have gone on sale.

Five to seven foot spruce trees and Nordmans are for sale at Brooke Farm in Linby which supports training opportunities for people with disabilities.

Image source, Nottinghamshire County Council

A Christmas event will be held at the farm on Saturday where there will be a variety of stalls and children can visit Santa's grotto.

County councillor Stuart Wallace, chairman of the adult social care and public health committee said: "Buying one of their trees helps support a very good cause."

Samantha Fisher
BBC News Online

A 25-year-old man has suffered life-threatening injuries in a collision between a car and a motorcycle in Leicestershire.

The crash happened on the B591 Copt Oak Road, at the junction with Beacon Road, near Beacon Hill Country Park, at about 7:15 on Tuesday.

The collision involved a silver Ford Mondeo and a blue Triumph Sprint motorcycle and officers are asking for anyone who witnessed it to get in touch.

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The arrests follow two ATM thefts within 24 hours in Leicestershire.

Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local Live

Final preparations are being made for the Christmas lights switch-on in Leicester tomorrow.

It will kick off with entertainment and music on the main stage in Humberstone Gate before the lights are switched on at 17:00.

Image source, Leicester City Council

The Wheel of Light has made a return to Jubilee Square, where there will also be a giant ice rink.

Image source, Leicester City Council

The stars of De Montfort Hall's pantomime Beauty and the Beast will also be there.

Image source, Leicester City Council

Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local Live

A team of PCSOs helped to save a man's life after he collapsed in Nottingham city centre, police said.

Nottinghamshire Police were called to Beastmarket Hill at 19:00 on Monday where they found the 37-year-old with no pulse.

One officer gave him CPR while another assisted and a third officer arranged for a defibrillator to be brought to the scene.

Image source, Google

But the CPR worked on the man who was then taken to the Queen's Medical Centre.

Insp Ruby Burrow said: "The actions of the PCSOs undoubtedly saved his life and I am very proud of them."

Maryam Qaiser
BBC Local Live

Nottingham and Derby city councils are considering setting up a company to build new homes.

The joint housing development firm would work to meet targets set by both city's local plans.

Initial sites have already been identified, including the former Celanese site in Spondon and the Waterside and Island Developments in Nottingham.

Samantha Fisher
BBC News Online

Four people have been arrested in connection with a series of attacks on cash machines across the East Midlands.

Two men, aged 36 and 31, were arrested in Warwickshire on suspicion of conspiracy to commit burglary and are in custody in Leicestershire.

Officers have also raided premises in Mere Lane, Lutterworth, and searches are being carried out. Two women, aged 29 and 38, have also been arrested on suspicion of offences under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

Det Ch Insp Martin Smalley, from East Midlands Special Operations Unit, said: “There has been a dedicated team of detectives investigating the recent spate, and our work is still very much ongoing."

Detectives are also investigating this morning's attack on an ATM at Tesco Express (pictured) which could be linked to other recent thefts.